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Levin targets stock options
Content: WASHINGTON -- Sen. Carl Levin wants to close a loophole that allowed Enron Corp. to claim $600 million worth of stock sold to executives at a discount as a tax deduction, but not to list it on its financial statement as an expense
Silicon Valley Bank: Spotlight On - Stock Options Bill
Content: As a supporter of entrepreneurs in technology centers across the country, Silicon Valley Bank has assumed a vocal role in opposing recent legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate. The Ending the Double Standard for Stock Options Act (SB 1940), sponsored...
Ending the Double Standard for Stock Options Act - H.R. 626
Content: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that corporate tax benefits from stock option compensation expenses are allowed only to the extent such expenses are included in a corporation's financial statements
TrendMacrolytics: Triple Witching Hour for the Stock Options Tax-Hike, by Donald
Content: In the super-charged anti-business atmosphere of Washington, the dreaded Levin-McCain stock options bill -- S.1940 -- is at-the-money
STARK INTRODUCES BILL TO END THE DOUBLE STANDARD FOR STOCK OPTIONS
Content: Washington, D.C. Today, Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) introduced the Ending the Double Standard for Stock Options Act, which would close a corporate tax loophole that allows companies to hide stock option expenses from their SEC earnings reports while...
Carl Levin Senate Floor Statement - Stock Options: S. 181 and S.182 January 16
Content: Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I am introducing today on behalf of myself and Sen. MCCAIN two separate bills relating to stock options. Stock options are unfinished business from the last Congress. They are the 800-pound...
Economic Analysis -- Stock Options Take $50 Billion Bite Out of Corporate Taxes [application/pdf]
Content: Economic Analysis -- Stock Options Take $50 Billion Bite Out of Corporate Taxes Author: Sullivan, Martin A., Tax Analysts Because of the Enron bankruptcy, stock options are in the news again. Here's the story line: From the limited perspective...
Citizen Works - Stock Options: Bill Summaries
Content: Feb. 13, 2002: Sens. Carl Levin (D-MI) and John McCain (R-AZ) introduces S. 1940, Ending the Double Standard for Stock Options Act
NEWSLINK, V7N1 Fall 2002: Expensing stock options
Content: On the heels of the corporate finance scandals at Enron, WorldCom and Global Crossing, a big battle is brewing in Congress over accounting standards. With the public expressing a lack of confidence in Corporate...
Enron Accounting Rules
Content: The Treasury secretary, Paul H. O'Neill, was roundly criticized in January for saying the collapse of Enron (news/quote) was part of the "genius of capitalism." But he had a point. The people who made the decisions leading to the Enron fiasco have been...
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